Letters: Parade inappropriate

The parade in Boston Friday night seemed like an odd response to the whole ordeal.

The parade in Boston Friday night seemed like an odd response to the whole ordeal. Bombs went off, a lot of people were badly hurt and some were killed. Two brothers loaded pressure cookers with nails and shrapnel in hopes of killing marathon runners along with their friends and families. Then the police felt it was OK to march down the street taking credit for it all, while the real hero lay in a hospital with his legs blown off. A moment of silence or sigh of relief perhaps, but a parade and cheering?

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1. It wasn't a parade.2. It was people who lived through the tragic
events expressing their appreciation to law enforcement and 1st responders on a
job well done.2. You were many miles away safe and sound and have no idea
what it
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8:30 a.m. April 24, 2013

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Kent C. DeForrest

Provo, UT

Perhaps we need to define what a hero is. A person who gets maimed in a bombing
is not a hero. That person would be a victim. A hero would perhaps be someone
who prevented the blast or who saved the lives of some victims. In that case,
the police and
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10:08 a.m. April 24, 2013

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atl134

Salt Lake City, UT

That wasn't a parade, that was people spontaneously, upon hearing the news
that the second suspect was captured, going out to show appreciation.